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Of course, Notley will demand legislation to dismiss the referendum requirement. Which brings us to the second reason why Notley will fail …

Introducing such legislation will effectively be the tinder that will light the fires of civil war. NDP MLAs must be put on notice – if they agree to overturn the referendum requirement, they will come under attack. Every single NDPMLA will become a target.

I really would like to believe Paige when she says that the sales tax proposal will have to go to a referendum, but you can be certain that the NDP right now are looking into how the Manitoba NDP got around the same type on law in their province.

Now granted in Manitoba the law was about restricting raising the existing PST, not creating a PST, but the principle is the same.

The Alberta NDP will look for a way around it and if they cannot find a way around it they will make one by passing an amendment to the law or a repealing it altogether.